ti, 2008-07-15 kello 10:01 +0100, Alan Bartlett kirjoitti: > On 14/07/2008, Antti J. Huhtala <ahuhtal4@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Looks like "Custom Kernel" HowTo survived "the > idiot test" by me. One question though: when installing the > rpms as the > last step (rpm -ivh kernel-*.rpm), I get "error: can't create > transaction lock on /var/lib/rpm/_db.000". That means I should > do it as > root, doesn't it? Perhaps the HowTo could mention this even if > it might > be reasonably obvious that only root can install kernels... > > Done. :-D. > > The relevant line now reads: "Make sure that you install those rpm > files (as root) using either rpm -ivh kernel-*.rpm or yum localinstall > kernel-*." > Just the kind of addition I had in mind. Thank you, Alan. > Thank you for your careful attention to details, Antti. > Alan. > You're welcome. Success in this has built up my courage to try compiling other kernel versions, as well. That may generate other comments but I'll let you know then. Antti >
